Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HYMNARY: 317. ASCENSION, by JEAN BAPTISTE SANTEUIL Poet's Biography First Line: For aye shall mortals bless the day Last Line: And holy spirit, three in one. Subject(s): Ascension Day | ||||||||
FOR aye shall mortals bless the day When with His Blood Christ won the way, Incarnate God, to Heaven, and passed Through its bright gates unbarred at last. We are the members, He the Head: We follow where our Prince hath led And, one with Him on earth in love, Shall share His throne in heaven above. Gone hence, His own yet deem Him near, For by His Spirit He is here: As on the head depend the parts, So rules one influence all our hearts. But O that Day, that dreadful Day! Whither shall sinners flee away When, armed with vengeance, He shall come Down from His throne to strike them dumb? The just One, by the guilty called Unjust, shall see them stand appalled, Who once condemned Him, and resume His Judgeship to pronounce their doom. Man to redeem, whose due was death, Christ freely yielded up His breath: And, ah, what woe must they sustain For whom His Blood was shed in vain! Thou Who one day our Judge shalt be, Jesu, all glory be to Thee: All glory to the Father, Son, And Holy Spirit, Three in One. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ASCENSION by EDWIN MARKHAM ASCENSION NIGHT by KENNETH REXROTH HOLY THURSDAY, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE HOLY THURSDAY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE SILEX SCINTIALLANS: THEY ARE ALL GONE by HENRY VAUGHAN BOTHWELL: PART 5 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN ASCENSION (1) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT THE HYMNARY: 305. ASCENSION by HARTMANN THE HYMNARY: 368. THE TRANSFIGURATION by JEAN BAPTISTE SANTEUIL THE HYMNARY: 389. FESTIVALS OF APOSTLES by JEAN BAPTISTE SANTEUIL |
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